he had _ detective constable david wombwell. he had a _ detective constable david wombwell.ve constable david wombwell. he had a boy aged three _ detective constable david wombwell. he had a boy aged three and - detective constable david wombwell. he had a boy aged three and a - detective constable david wombwell. he had a boy aged three and a girl. he had a boy aged three and a girl a-ed he had a boy aged three and a girl aged one — every night, just before i go to, talk to him, talk to him about the children and about what i've been doing. yes, he is constantly with me. and i'm so sorry that he can't hold his children and tell them how proud he would be of them. it's something to be proud of, something to bring people to and say, "look, this is in memory of my relative, "and they were honoured and they were recognised." i think its great strength is its simplicity. it recognises the dangerous space through which police officers go every day of their working lives to protect fellow citizens, and it also, of course, recognises that sadly, on occasion, those officers do not c

callously murdered, barely a mile from here. - in the coffin was - the body of detective constable david wombwellandchildren. it's a tragedy for our family that will always be a tragedy. it's something to be proud of. something to bring people to and say, look, this is in the memory of my relative. and they were honoured, they were recognised. it took seven years to raise the money to pay for the memorial. a lot of that was raised by police officers and police forces themselves. it supposed to represent a portal, beyond which is the threshold of the danger that officers regularly put themselves and it's a place where colleagues can come and remember those that have lost their lives. i think its great strength is its simplicity. it recognises the danger of space through which police officers go every day of their working lives to protect fellow citizens. and it also, of course, recognises that, sadly, on occasions, those offices don't come out of a dangerous space. they give their lives protecting fellow citizens. that is exactly what this memorial was intended to do. the touching part of it is th

among those taking place was gillian wombwell, who was widowed aged 21 when her husband david was shot." proud. proud, and i hope he's looking down and saying, "about time, this is a nice place to be." was it an emotional day? i tell you what, i sobbed my socks off last night and i will probably sob my socks off tonight. yes, it was an emotional day. every rank was represented, from cadet to chief constable. this memorial, i think, will tell those who have passed away in the line of duty, but also those who want to join the service in the future, to realise that policing is very much valued. it's somewhere people can come to reflect on the courage of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. phil mackie, bbc news, staffordshire. they were praised around the world for their handling of the first wave of the pandemic, but now many asian countries that had been at the vanguard of apparent best practice are seeing a surge of new covid cases — with many reporting a record number of daily positives, including thailand, south korea, malaysia and japan. hospitals in malaysia are said to be o